Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-07-01

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, NV ,RLBoRo, Mass, June 23.-After two
i'oni unfavorable weather, making neces-
many postponements, the annual re
gatta of the Eastern Yacht club was sailed
to-day. The chief interest was in the con.
st between the Mayhower and Galatea,
class sloops, between the Sachem and
pie, uois, of the lirst-clsss schooners and
othe cen the cutters Huron and Stranger,
gait ,ormer being of American and the lat
~, # English build. The Mayhower and
litio aem won easily in their classes, the
tair Thoroughly good contest being the
onI, y between the Sachem and the Iroquois.
,eneral regret was expressed that the
Iuritan had Withdrawn, for many desired
fel see how she would fare in contest
'" 18th the Mayfower and Galatea in a
Leavy blow. The condition of the Puri-
tan's bottom, however, was such
that Commodore Forbes did not
deem 1t advisable to have her sail
At O'Clock the wind was blowing from
The southwest at a velocity of nearly 40
an hour, while outside a tremendous sea
was running After II o'clock, or from
the beginning of the race to the finish,
there were no less than a dozen storms
of wind and rain, making it one of the
''nastiest" yachting days possible, but
there was plenty of excitement among
vachtsmen
At 1l:25 the preparatory signal was
A.. wen, and five minutes later the long
hlstle Slgnalled the start, The May
over was first over the line at II 81 80 be-
hg closely followed by the Iroquos and
talatea. The Others all got across within
he time limit. Shortly after crossing the
ue it was seen that the Maytiower was
!ai,idly working to windward and in Il
few moments the Galatea came about and
also stood out on the port tack. At IL
O'Clock with the wind still blowing 30
knots, the Mayfower came about for
long reach to starboard, and these tao
tics were quickly adopted by the Galatea.
Both kept the starboard tack
until able to make the first turning
point with another tack to port.
At l1:2O the wind having moderated the
Mayhower sent up her topmast and hoist
ed her working topsail. The Maytlower
turned the first stake at 1874 p. M, the
Galatea following at LAG. Five minutes
after turning the Mayhower's lib topsail
was broken out of its stops and a similar
sail was on the Galatea as soon as she had
turned. The Galatea got the best of the
wind and gained considerably on the May
flower. The Mayflower rounded the sec
ond turn at about 2:5S:30 and the Galatea
at about 3;245. The weather was
SO squally with almost constant
heavy down pour of rain that the
spinnakers were not set On the
run for home the Maytlower showed her
best sailing, Not only did she run away
from the Galatea like race horse from
hack, but she left the steam yachts and
tugs far astern. When she crossed the
line winner a Babel of sound by the
steam whistles was made, a salute which
was repeated when the Galatea and
Sachem crossed. The remainder of the
fleet finished in the following or
der: First-class schooners, Sachem
1roquois, Gitana, Mohican America !;
second-class schooner, Adrienne. First
class sloops, Mayflower, Galatea
Second class slOops, Huron, Stranger.
Third class sloops, Shadow, Shona
There is much rejoicing tonight over
the victory OF the Mayflower and Sachem,
both being strong favorites here and both
BURGESS boats. 1t was just such a day as
Lieut.. Hem had said the Galatea needed
10 show her best points-nasty and squat
ly, with an enormous sea running which
wet the jibs of all boats nearly to the mast,
but the Maynower proved her superiority
IN even the Galatea's pet weather. Capt
Hank Half, the Maytlower's new captain,
handled her today. That he did his work
in superb style is shown by the record. 1t
Is a notable fact that in three ofithe classes
were crack English boats, all cutters, and
all were defeated by American centre
board sloops. These were Galatea Stran-
ger and Shona.